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marine biology

Captured: the moment photosynthesis changed the world

Earth

Captured: the moment photosynthesis changed the world

For the first time, geologists have found evidence of how modern photosynthesis evolved 2.4 billion years ago

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Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

Life

Looks like we've got allergies all wrong

Opinion

The last march of the emperor penguins

Earth

The last march of the emperor penguins

Features

'Biology is a manufacturing capability'

Life

'Biology is a manufacturing capability'

Opinion

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Life

Female lemurs avoid the wrong love in the dark

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Cigarette butts help urban birds ward off mites

Earth

Cigarette butts help urban birds ward off mites

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Leech cocoon preserves 200-million-year-old fossil

Earth

Leech cocoon preserves 200-million-year-old fossil

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Tiny tug of war in cells underpins life

Life

Tiny tug of war in cells underpins life

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Humans

Tragic tears: Why we are the only animals that cry

CultureLab

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Environment

Battling nature in your backyard

Your yard is the new frontier as wildlife returns to the suburbs. In Nature Wars, Jim Sterba calls for a shift from conservation to culling to win back territory

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Life

Weaver ants help flowers get the best pollinator

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Life

Giant tortoises bounce back in the Galapagos

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Life

DNA imaged with electron microscope for the first time

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Life

Conducting the fiddlers: Robotic crab claws

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